Little Friends
Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
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Description for Little Friends
Paperback. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 267.
Contributing to the growing debates on children and media worldwide, Little Friends explores the pervasive presence of film culture in the lives of children in China. The book also introduces the work of the little-known Children's Film Studio and the Film Course, a reform-period attempt by Chinese filmmakers and policy leaders to control the media to which schoolchildren were exposed. Stephanie Donald uses expansive firsthand interviews, children's drawings, and film history to tell a compelling cinematic story before it is forgotten in the onrush of globalized culture. She is especially careful to bring in the interests and experiences of children ... Read more
Contributing to the growing debates on children and media worldwide, Little Friends explores the pervasive presence of film culture in the lives of children in China. The book also introduces the work of the little-known Children's Film Studio and the Film Course, a reform-period attempt by Chinese filmmakers and policy leaders to control the media to which schoolchildren were exposed. Stephanie Donald uses expansive firsthand interviews, children's drawings, and film history to tell a compelling cinematic story before it is forgotten in the onrush of globalized culture. She is especially careful to bring in the interests and experiences of children ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742525412
SKU
V9780742525412
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99-15
About Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
Stephanie Donald is professor of Chinese media studies, University of Sydney.
Reviews for Little Friends
Little Friendoffers an intriguing and informative survey useful to anyone wanting to learn more about the intersections of Chinese national identity, the development of media industries, and the education of children in a transitional historical moment.
H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Donald's book is a methodologically innovative and theoretically sophisticated addition to the literature on Chinese ... Read more
H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
Donald's book is a methodologically innovative and theoretically sophisticated addition to the literature on Chinese ... Read more